UNDP launches new human rights project
Monday, 30 July 2007
FE Report
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has initiated a new technical assistance project in association with the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs to strengthen mechanisms for promotion and protection of human rights (HR) and the delivery of 'Justice for all', according to a press release.
The project, titled 'Promoting Access to Justice and Human Rights in Bangladesh' initially targets mobilisation of US$3.0 million as an integral part of cooperation between the Government of Bangladesh and UNDP in the area of democratic governance, human rights and access to justice, which particularly aims to strengthen the ability of the poor and other disadvantaged persons to demand and obtain justice by asserting human rights and statutory entitlements.
The project, therefore, aims to institutionalise human rights principles and standards, through the establishment of a national human rights commission, and advance prospects for access to justice for the weakest victims of injustice, through strategic interventions involving the judiciary, law officers, the legal profession, and civil society organisations responsive to the voices of the poor.
In this connection, the project will provide support to processes initiated by the government to establish a human rights commission, separate the judiciary from the executive, and it will focus on issues relating to capacity development of the judiciary, law officers, legal profession, legal aid authority, and civil society groups working on human rights and access to justice.
Another target of the project is gender justice through focus on international norms and sensitisation of justice sector personnel to their duties to ensure adherence principles of non-discrimination, equality and participation when women are claimants of rights, and adopt proactive approaches to combating gender-based violence, the release added.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has initiated a new technical assistance project in association with the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs to strengthen mechanisms for promotion and protection of human rights (HR) and the delivery of 'Justice for all', according to a press release.
The project, titled 'Promoting Access to Justice and Human Rights in Bangladesh' initially targets mobilisation of US$3.0 million as an integral part of cooperation between the Government of Bangladesh and UNDP in the area of democratic governance, human rights and access to justice, which particularly aims to strengthen the ability of the poor and other disadvantaged persons to demand and obtain justice by asserting human rights and statutory entitlements.
The project, therefore, aims to institutionalise human rights principles and standards, through the establishment of a national human rights commission, and advance prospects for access to justice for the weakest victims of injustice, through strategic interventions involving the judiciary, law officers, the legal profession, and civil society organisations responsive to the voices of the poor.
In this connection, the project will provide support to processes initiated by the government to establish a human rights commission, separate the judiciary from the executive, and it will focus on issues relating to capacity development of the judiciary, law officers, legal profession, legal aid authority, and civil society groups working on human rights and access to justice.
Another target of the project is gender justice through focus on international norms and sensitisation of justice sector personnel to their duties to ensure adherence principles of non-discrimination, equality and participation when women are claimants of rights, and adopt proactive approaches to combating gender-based violence, the release added.